Conversation: 158-006
Prev: 158-005 Next: 158-007Start Date: 29-Dec-1972 10:48 AM
End Date: 29-Dec-1972 11:06 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.);Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:48 am to 11:06 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 158-6 Date: December 29, 1972 Time: 10:48 am - 11:06 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Col. Richard T. Kennedy. [See Conversation No. 237-10] US bombing of North Vietnam -December 28, 1972 -Sorties -Number -Losses -Press coverage -Timing -Location of targets -Sorties -Losses -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer’s report -Surface to air missiles [SAMs] -SAM storage areas -Damage -Significance -US-People’s Republic of China [PRC] relations -Chou En-Lai’s statement -Significance -Tone -(Madame) Nguyen Thi Binh’s location -Peking -March -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-6 (cont’d) -The President’s trip to PRC -PRC-North Vietnam relations -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -Awareness -Chou En-lai [?] -North Vietnam -South Vietnam -Rumors -North Vietnam -Negotiations -Resumption -US comment -Announcement -The President’s conversation with Henry A. Kissinger -Notification -France, Britain -Timing -Courtesy -Australia -Edward R. G. Heath, Georges J. R. Pompidou -Willy Brandt -Italy -Britain, France -Thailand -Leaks -Timing -Thailand -South Korea -Leaks -Australia Nicaragua earthquake relief -Maurice J. Williams -Press and media relations -Gerald L. Warren briefing -Departure for Nicaragua -Timing -Press relations -Authority -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-6 (cont’d) -State Department -John A. Scali -Public relations [PR] Thailand -Hijacking -Resolution -Airplane’s location -Thai officials [Dawee Chullaspaya, Chartichai Choonhavan] -Press reports -Comparison to 1972 Munich Olympics France -Military aid to Israel -Number of airplanes -Timing US bombing of North Vietnam -Demonstrations -Dean Francis B. Sayre -March to the White House -Timing -Announcement -Scientists [American Association for the Advancement of Science] [AAAS] -Sayre -Effect -Announcement on cessation north of 20th Parallel -Negotiations -Warren’s press conference -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -Warren’s press conference -Kennedy’s conversation with Warren -“No comment” instruction -Questions -Demonstrations -Details -Rumors -Warren’s press conference -“No comment” instruction -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-6 (cont’d) -US military operations and plans -“No comment” instruction -Completion of negotiations -Effect on press -Critics -John Kenneth Galbraith -AAAS -George S. McGovern -Unilateral disarmament -Antiballistic missile [ABM] opposition -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -[David] Kenneth Rush -Meeting with Kennedy -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Negotiations -North Vietnam’s willingness to take -Orders -Timing -Damage reports -Hanoi -Market -Veracity -Media -Timing -Final runs -Targets -Downtown Hanoi -Kennedy’s conversations with Moorer -North Vietnam’s supply activities -Dry Scason -Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants [POL] -SAMs -Moorer’s view -B-52s’ performance -Moorer’s view -Damage -Reconstruction -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -Warren’s press conference -11- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-6 (cont’d) -The President’s schedule -Meeting with Kennedy and Warren -Timing -Warren’s press conference -Review of questions -Washington, DC -Possible telephone call -Return call